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Jayce Lore: Updated

It's a definite improvement, though I feel like we've seen this storyline before in a couple recent movies.

So check this out. There's this guy who's a brilliant engineer and inventor and he discovers this awesome power source and he builds a super-awesome invention with it. But this other guy is jealous and he takes the power source for his own nefarious purposes, leading the first guy to attack and take out the second guy in a battle of super-awesome inventions.

I'm Harrow, the Creative Designer who worked on Jayce and wrote his lore. As RiotRunaan mentioned a few days ago, we wanted to improve Jayce's bio to better communicate how we see both Jayce and Viktor and the conflict between them. It'll take a bit of time to update the client, but we wanted to share our new Jayce lore with you on the forums:

I'd like to talk about some of the changes we made and the reasoning behind them.

One issue you raised was that the Lore made Viktor seem weaker than Jayce. It was never my intention to show Viktor as weak, but I can see how the focus on Jayce and the lack of description of their conflict allowed for that interpretation. In the new version, I call out that that Viktor effortlessly brushes aside Jayce in their first confrontation, and that Jayce's counter-attack is a real struggle.

Viktor's initial goal has also changed. Rather than seeking to steal technology of Jayce's design, Viktor's interest is now drawn by a rare, powerful resource. Considering himself the only scientist capable of properly exploiting such a resource, Viktor first asks Jayce to join his cause. When Jayce refuses to work with him, he wastes no time in taking the crystal for his own ends. While I believe that Viktor's pursuit of his glorious evolution is slowly eroding his care for "morality," I agree that it was a misstep to have Viktor fall from his old ideals without telling the story of how that could happen. Viktor still ruthlessly follows his goals in the new version, but without betraying the principles and pride he displayed in his own origin story. Now, he doesn't take from Jayce because he needs someone else's technology. Instead, he has such faith in his own designs that such a valuable resource is utterly wasted in another's hands.

This is only the beginning of Jayce's story, as seen from his perspective. While Jayce clearly considers Viktor to be a dangerous menace, the Machine Herald's true intentions remain a mystery. It also remains to be seen how Jayce handles the fallout from his show of strength.

I want to thank you all again for your feedback, and I hope this new story gives you all a better understanding of Jayce and his conflict with Viktor. Youve helped us build a better story for our 100th champion.

My question is though, will this be changed in the champs lore page in a hotfix or next patch?

I still feel a bit iffy on the fact that Viktor is liberating a resource; I can see where his morality/judgment would be clouded in terms of his obsession now with the evolution. It's just harder to get that across in a tiny lore snippet (this would have made a great JoJ article/interview in the end --- truly a shame there).

Still, it makes me a bit more amiable towards Jayce in terms of not solely disliking him for the sake of messing up Viktor's backstory.

It's perfect, it even explains the full metal Jayce skin (he has accepted Viktor's initial offer). Why not make this a three person conflict by including Xerath? He needs that power! Jokes aside, this lore makes sense now.